Charles Taylor

News about Charles Taylor, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Apr. 19, 2015

Adam Nossiter reviews book American Warlord: A True Story by Johnny Dwyer. MORE

Oct. 16, 2013

Former Pres Charles Taylor of Liberia arrives in Britain to serve remainder of his 50-year sentence for war crimes. MORE

Sep. 27, 2013

International panel of judges, in court near The Hague, unanimously upholds 50-year sentence of Charles G Taylor, former president of Liberia, for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone; case is seen as watershed for modern human rights law. MORE

May. 31, 2012

Charles G Taylor, former president of Liberia and a once-powerful warlord, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed in Sierra Leone during its civil war in the 1990s; Taylor, in what is viewed as a watershed case for modern human rights law, is first former head of state convicted by an international tribunal since the Nuremberg trials after World War II. MORE

May. 31, 2012

Editorial welcomes 50-year prison sentence given to Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, by the international criminal court for instigating atrocities in Sierra Leone's civil war; calls for the court to also hold him accountable for his role in Liberia's civil war; says case should be a warning to other murderous leaders that there will be no impunity. MORE

Apr. 27, 2012

Helene Cooper, prompted by war crimes verdict against former Liberian president Charles G Taylor, recalls how the lives of her family members were ripped apart in the 1990s by Taylor's soldiers; MORE

Apr. 27, 2012

Charles G Taylor, the former president of Liberia and once a powerful warlord, is convicted by an international tribunal of abetting warlords who committed war crimes in Sierra Leone during its civil war in the 1990s; Taylor is the first head of state to be convicted by an international court since the Nuremberg trials after World War II. MORE

Apr. 27, 2012

Editorial applauds conviction of former Liberian Pres Charles Taylor by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, notes conviction, first of a head of state by an international court since the Nuremberg trials, is a victory for justice and accountability; holds verdict serves as a warning to other would-be war criminals that justice will be served. MORE

Apr. 27, 2012

Op-Ed article by author J Peter Pham maintains the conviction of former Liberian Pres Charles Taylor does not begin to address the devastating damage he did to his country, and demonstrates the limitation of an international justice system; cautions against lauding the conviction too much, as many of Taylor's closest former associates remain at large and active in public life. MORE

This month, Radovan Karadzic is lying in the Hague and the Cambodian tribunal to prosecute the Khmer Rouge initiated its last trial. Many argue that the UN-backed courts can’t deliver what they once promised.